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R. W. Sheppard
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Rank
Aviation Electronics Technician First Airman, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
November 27, 1951
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Aviation Electronics Technician First Airman Sheppard was a crew member of a PBM-5 Mariner patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 731, based at San Diego, California. On November 27, 1951, while on a training flight, the aircraft spun in seven miles off San Diego coast, killing 11 crewmen. |
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